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Techniques

Business, Lean Manufacturing

Manufacturing Terms, Buzzwords and Acronyms

Frank May 29, 2018 Tagged with acronyms, Communications, education

As part of a consulting project I am involved in, I have created a list of …

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Applications, Consulting, Controls Design, Machine Design, Techniques, Thoughts

How To Design And Build A Small Controls Project

Frank Apr 16, 2018 Tagged with Building a small controls project, consulting, design, engineering, systems integration

Today’s post is a response to frustration. Some times when dealing with potential customers you waste …

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Applications, Machine Assembly and Fabrication, Photoeyes, Sensing, Sensors

Application: Sensor Choices 103

Frank Jan 28, 2018 Tagged with Automation Direct, Banner, photoeyes, sensors

Today’s post concerns how sensor choices are made in real applications. I have written various posts …

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My Little Factory, Training

Happy New Year! What Can I Teach You?

Frank Jan 21, 2018 Tagged with custom automation training, custom PLC courses, education, My Little Factory, training

Hey, I know the holiday season is gone, but Happy New Year anyway! After all, the …

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Manufacturing, Material Handling, Sales and Marketing

Starbucks Roastery

Frank Dec 24, 2017 Tagged with Boquete Coffee, Coffee, Starbucks, The Roastery

A few weeks ago I made a trip to Seattle to visit my daughter Yuki and her …

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Me, My Little Factory, Training

Automation Update December 2017

Frank Dec 17, 2017 Tagged with Automation NTH, Automation Training, My Little Factory, training

It’s been a while since I’ve posted. While things are going pretty well for me right …

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My Little Factory, PLCs, Trainers, Training

My New Trainers!

Frank Sep 17, 2017 Tagged with Automation NTH, education, My Little Factory, PLC Trainers, training

Well, its official. I have my first actual PLC trainers, in addition to the ones on …

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Training

Advanced PLC Training using Industrial Equipment

Frank Sep 10, 2017 Tagged with Allen-Bradley, AOI, PLCs, programming, templates, UDT

I just got back from teaching a class in California using the conveyor and training demo …

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Me, Sensing, Vendors and Manufacturers

Live Sensors Webcast for Control Engineering

Frank Aug 17, 2017 Tagged with Balluff, Carlo Gavazzi, Control Engineering, Frank Lamb, Sensor Webcast, sensors

Hey, this Frank Lamb from Automation Primer. I will be doing a webcast for Control Engineering …

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Engineering, Machine Builders and Integrators, Training

Automation NTH

Frank Jul 23, 2017 Tagged with Automation NTH, conveyors, MTSU, PLC Trainers, training

Over the past six years I’ve written posts about a lot of different companies; machine builders …

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